This book was just kind of "meh". It wasn't overwhelmingly good OR bad. Just kind of there. ( )

Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com

Sometimes you just have to have a place to vent, ya know?

That's why Libby Fawcett started her blog. She wrote about her most embarrassing moments, like when she caught her hair on fire in chemistry class right in front of Seth Jacobs! She posted an entry the day she found out her mom was dating someone and that it had been going on for months. She blogged about her morning breath that tasted like she'd "been eating socks" in her sleep and the pimple on her earlobe. And she wrote about her cousin, Roger, who was crushing on her best friend, Keisha. She wrote about everything. And why not? She'd taken precautions. The blog was set to private. No one else could see it. Could they?

Angel Rivera, Libby's sworn enemy, torments Libby on a daily basis at school. When the girls discover their parents are dating one another, the harassment escalates. When Libby finds herself suspended after one of Angel's pranks, she realizes that she's being used to help break up their parents. Does she really want to cause her mother that much pain? Doing the right thing becomes even more difficult after Angel manages to turn the entire school against Libby.

SOMETHING TO BLOG ABOUT by Shana Norris is funny and engaging, a wonderful glimpse into the topsy-turvy emotions of a teen in love, who's also dealing with a parent who's dating and in love. I was only a few chapters in when my twelve-year-old daughter snagged my copy and read it straight through. She loved it! This first novel by Shana Norris is definitely "SOMETHING TO BLOG ABOUT!" ( )

This book requires no thinking... even if you wanted to, there isn't much interesting in it to think _about_. The main character is mostly self-absorbed, unapologetically obsessed by the main guy character. The emotions in the book are pretty superficial, even in the parts that are supposed to be deeper and more personal.
Redeeming qualities: quirky minor characters, happy ending. ( )

I love this book! I love this book! I love this book!
I read it a few months ago, and now I borrowed the book again and I'm reading the book over again.
Love it! Love it ! Love it!

I can totally relate to Libby.

Please, please, please tell me there's going to be a second book. There has to be. I am DYING to know what happens next in Libby Fawcett's life.

Ms. Norris if you're reading this please tell me there's going to be a second book.

Reggie ( )

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